February 9, 2023
UC San Diego Today sat down with Chief Human Resources Officer Terri Winbush to talk about how she plans to use data, training and a constant feedback loop to establish a new culture at UC San Diego and beyond. “Instead of perpetuating what exists,” she says, “we can move to…
March 3, 2016
…my view as a student of public opinion, converting raw opinion into considered judgment is indispensable to the efficient functioning of public democracy.” Yankelovich has served as a member of the UC San Diego Foundation Board of Trustees and a member of the Social Sciences Dean’s Advisory Council. He continues…
November 12, 2020
…slow it down.” Graduate students in Alexandra Newton’s lab hold a model of Protein Kinase C (pictured pre-COVID-19 pandemic). There are more than 500 protein kinases operating in our cells, and many current and experimental drugs work by inhibiting these enzymes. One example is the drug imatinib (brand name Gleevec),…
February 23, 2017
…UC San Diego graduate students Maya Azarova and Mario Borrero, along with a crew of local people, were excavating a palace built around the year 400 when they found a collapsed, but intact, tomb. Inside the tomb, which dates to about A.D. 800, were 25 pottery vessels, a large stone…
May 14, 2020
…that will return our lives to normal. Indeed, we are proud of the many ways our past and present scholars are leading this effort and are serving society in profound ways,” Mrksich added. Herzik said that it is an incredible honor to be named a Searle Scholar. “As a first-generation…
May 16, 2019
…result in bettering our lives? We cannot get that information from science itself, and have to look to society,” said John H. Evans, co-director of the Institute for Practical Ethics and Tata Chancellor’s Chair in Social Sciences. Evans leads the interdisciplinary institute with Department of Philosophy professor Craig Callender, who…
December 2, 2021
Bioengineering graduate students Nicole Felix-Velez and Talia Baddour work with Professor Brian Aguado to understand sex-based differences in cardiovascular diseases. Photos by David Baillot/UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering . Developing Sex-specific Treatments for Heart Disease UC San Diego bioengineer advances equity in science, and among scientists As a…
May 23, 2019
…compassion and empathy for life on our planet. Seadragons & Seahorses is included in the cost of Birch Aquarium admission, which is $19.50 for adults, $15 for children (3-17). General admission discounts are available for UC San Diego Students; and discounted memberships are available for UC San Diego faculty and…
April 9, 2020
…rapid pace, endangering the lives and livelihoods of billions. In modern history, the world’s nations have never collectively been so vulnerable to a common threat. And according to UC San Diego experts, no effort—whether to save American lives at home or combat the disease abroad—will be successful without some degree…
December 7, 2017
…opportunity and mentorship for students to mature and for ideas to transition to commercial ventures. For postdocs, this phase of your life is more about personal growth than technical knowledge. Take the advice of your mentors because while we may think that we’re the exception to the rule, we know…
